Nept. and {Be calm, ye great parents of the floods and the springs, Amph. {While each Nereid and Triton plays, revels, and sings.
Ocean.Confine the roaring winds, and we Will soon obey you cheerfully.
Chorus {Tie up the winds, and we'll obey; of Trit. {Upon the floods we'll sing and play, & Ner.{And celebrate a Halcyon day. [Here the Dancers mingle with the Singers, and perform a dance.
Nept.Great nephew, Æolus, make no noise, Muzzle your roaring boys. [Æolus appears.
Amph.Let 'em not bluster to disturb our ears, Or strike these noble passengers with fears.
Nept.Afford 'em only such an easy gale, As pleasantly may swell each sail.
Amph.While fell sea-monsters cause intestine jars, This empire you invade by foreign wars.
Nept.But you shall now be still, And shall obey my Amphitrite's will.
Æolus {You I'll obey, who at one stroke can make, descends{With your dread trident, the whole earth to quake. Come down, my blusterers, swell no more, Your stormy rage give o'er. [Winds from the four corners appear.
Let all black tempests cease, And let the troubled ocean rest: Let all the sea enjoy as calm a peace, As where the halcyon builds her quiet nest. To your prisons below, Down, down you must go: You in the earth's entrails your revels may keep; But no more till I call shall you trouble the deep. [Winds fly down.